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On Friday night, MSNBC host Chris Hayes explained why Sen. Ted Cruz’s thrice-weekly podcast “appears to be a serious ethical and campaign-finance scandal in the making.” First, Hayes pointed out that recording three podcast episodes a week is a big chunk of time away from what is supposed to be Cruz’s full-time job: representing and serving the second-most populous state in the country.

President Biden got in quite a few shots at Trump at this year's Nerd Prom, which also featured SNL's Colin Jost as the headliner. “Of course age is an issue. I’m a grown man, and I’m running against a 6-year-old,” Biden said, invoking concerns about his age to jab at Trump.

As of April 26, 2024 Donald Trump hasn't stopped violating his Judge Merchan gag order. Until the punishments are strong enough to make him stop, we need to take steps to stop and punish his followers, who make threats on his behalf. Marcy Wheeler was on the Nicole Sandler show last week talking about Donald Trump's systematic threatening of his critics and how normalized political violence is for anybody who comes up against Donald Trump.

William P. Barr is today's object of abuse. Two-faced, or incapable of reason? Digby has his recent CNN appearance, & Nancy LeTourneau has a speech he gave at Notre Dame in 2019. Speaking of speeches & fascism, Outside the Beltway offers: "Trump’s Increasingly Fascistic Speeches". And everything we missed, from FairandUnbalanced. By M. Bouffant, who won't see any suggestions submitted to mbru@crooksandliars.com. read more

Former Attorney General Bill Barr was one of Trump's most prominent critics, but he came out this week to endorse the four-times indicted former President. Barr told CNN's Kaitlan Collins that Trump "would lose his temper" and talk about having his opponents executed, but he's OK with that because he doesn't "think" Trump would carry through with executing his rivals.

Last week was everything everywhere all at once. Between SCOTUS and the New York trial, it was crazy. Here’s your Sunday cartoon and open thread. Pull up a chair and your favorite hot beverage and tell us what’s on your mind. - Karoli read more